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LILIAN BROCA

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Website: www.lilianbroca.com

Education

1969–1971

  • Pratt Institute, New York, USA, Master of Fine Arts (Honours)
     

1964–1968

  • Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
     

Teaching Experience

1985–1996

  • U.B.C., Vancouver, BC, Occasional Guest Lecturer
     

1995

  • S.F.U., Vancouver, BC, Occasional Guest Lecturer
     

1994, 1996, 1997

  • Okanagan Summer School of Arts, Drawing Instructor
     

1971–1984

  • Kwantlen College, Vancouver, BC, Painting and Drawing Instructor
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Publications

2012

  • Mosaic Art Now, Feb 1st, 2012, Celebrating (S)heroism in Mosaic, Prose and Poetry - A Review of "The Hidden and The Revealed: The Queen Esther Mosaic of Lilian Broca" by Nancie Mills Pipgras

2011

  • The Canadian Jewish News, Dec 8, 2011, Book is Multi-Tiered Portable Museum, by Mordechai Ben-Dat
  • Jewish Independent, November 18, 2011, Contemporary Ancient Art, by Cynthia Ramsay
  • BC BOOKWORLD, Winter 2011 - 2012, Going for Broca, First Lilith, then Esther,Vol. 25, No 4
  • National Post, November 12, 2011, Books & Writers, A Tale in Tiles
  • The Alcuin Blog, Nov 21st 2011, The Hidden and The Revealed
  • The Vancouver Sun, December 10, 2011, Christmas Gifts
  • The Georgia Straight, December 1st, 2011, Broca's Mosaics Hit Printed Page
  • The Vancouver Sun, Dec 10th, 2011, Weekend Review Gift Books
  • Jewish Quarterly, Spring 2011, Jewish Literary Trust, London, England - photos for article Esther's Version by Anita Diamant
  • Mosaic Art Now, 2011 edition, Lilian Broca - Canada, Wakefield MA, USA
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Books

2011

  • The Hidden and The Revealed: The Queen Esther Mosaics of Lilian Broca - by Sheila Campbell, Yosef Wosk and Lilian Broca, Gefen Publishing House Ltd., New York, USA and Jerusalem, Israel.

2010

  • Tiffany Studios' Techniques Inspiration for Today's Artists - by Edith Crouch, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, USA, 2010
  • Mosaic Fine Art Portraits - by Irit Levy and Pam Givens, Mosaic Fine Art Books, USA, 2010

2008

  • Feminist Theology with a Canadian Accent - Mary Ann Beavis editor, Novalis, St. Paul University, Ottawa, 2008,
    "The Influence of Feminist Theology on Canadian Women Artists", by Mary Ann Beavis.
  • Queen Esther - by E. Paul Braxton, AuthorHouse Publishers, Bloomington, Indiana, 2008
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Lectures

2011

  • Richmond Art Gallery - Arts For Life - Return to Byzantium.

2010

  • B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Athens, Greece - Return to Byzantium.
  • The Kemeny Residence, Vancouver, BC, Feb 10th, 2010 - Women of Power, Queen Esther.

2004

  • Sidney and Gertrude Zack Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC – 5,000 years of Mosaics.
  • Academy of Independent Scholars, Vancouver, BC – The Queen Esther Mosaics.

2001

  • Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver BC - Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages.
  • Beth Israel Synagogue, Vancouver, BC – Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages.
  • The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA - The Legendary Lilith and my Work.
  • The Rainier Club, Seattle, WA - The Legendary Lilith and my work.

1997

  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC - Department. of Religious Studies and Classics – Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages. Two semesters.
  • Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC – Department of Humanities – Self-Marketing in the Art World.

1996

  • Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC - Department of Continuing Studies – Images of Creation in Works of Art Through the Ages.
  • The Art Gallery of South Okanagan, Penticton, BC – The Legendary Lilith and my Work.
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Personal Achievements
  • Received the Lorenzo Il Magnifico (Medici) gold medal in the 2003 Florence Biennale International Exhibition, Florence, Italy,2003
  • Received first place award for best mosaic, two dimensional category, exhibited in the juried international mosaic exhibition Beneath the Surface in Chicago, US, 2006
  • Received first place award for best mosaic, two dimensional category, exhibited in the juried international exhibition Opus – Veritas: Fragments of Truth at the Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, 2004
  • Invited to collaborate with eminent scholar Dr. Yosef Wosk and established Canadian designer Linda Coe on a publication based on the biblical story of Queen Esther, 2008
  • Finalist in Imago National Art Competition, juried travelling exhibition in November 2002 and January 2003
  • Invited to participate in the 2003 Florence Biennale
  • Appeared in Cultural Arts section of the Weekly ROMPOST, multicultural channel 8 program in 2003 and 2004; in the latter, as a profile of the artist, 27 minutes.
  • Collaborated with distinguished Canadian author/poet Joy Kogawa on a publication based on the legend of Lilith, an ancient Hebrew mythological figure. The book A Song of Lilith was launched in Sept. 2000 by Raincoast Books Publishers.
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